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What is VoIP?

Voice over Internet Protocol — VoIP — is a new way to make and receive telephone calls using a broadband Internet connection rather than a regular phone line. VoIP converts your phone call — actually, the voice signal from your phone — into a digital signal that travels through the Internet to the person you are calling. If you are calling a plain old telephone number, the signal is converted back at the other end. If you're comfortable with new technology, you may be interested in learning more about VoIP.

VoIP Technology

VoIP technology is offered by Asergis who specialises in providing a whole range of VoIP services, better than some traditional telephone and cable companies, as well as other Internet Service Providers. Most services using VoIP allow you to call anyone with a telephone number — including local, national, mobiles and international numbers. Asergis also allows you to call for FREE other people who have subscribed to any of its phone packages. In addition, the Asergis VoIP service allows you to use a traditional telephone through an adaptor plugged into your Broadband router or USB phone plugged into your computer or laptop.

If you purchase our VoIP service and select to purchase a phone adapter, you will be able to use your normal phone and dial the same way you always have. If you get a VoIP service that works directly from your computer, you need to use special software, a microphone, speakers and a sound card. If your service assigns you a regular phone number, anyone can call you from a regular or analogue phone without any special equipment.

Possible Benefits of VoIP Service

Many of our VoIP services include unlimited local and national calling plans (at least within the UK) for a fixed price, plus a range of interesting features, like:

the ability to have more than one phone number, including phone numbers with different area codes. For example, if you live in Leeds and your family live in London, you can have a London phone number, and their calls to you will be local or FREE depending on your call package. integrated voicemail and email message systems so you can listen to your voicemail on your computer or your email on your phone. with our special software and hardware, the ability to take your VoIP phone with you if you travel with your computer, allowing personal or business calls to be routed to you no matter where you are.

Equipment and Installation

Installing our VoIP service is reasonable easy as simply as plugging in a new telephone. You may have to spend a little time connecting equipment and adjusting to a new system. Note that there are different ways to use the technology: An analog terminal adaptor works using your regular phone to enable VoIP calls. Or you can use special Internet telephones, known as Internet or USB phones, that look like regular phones but have all the software and hardware necessary to connect directly to your computer's router to make or receive calls. If you use VoIP to make computer-to-computer calls, you'll need special software, a microphone, a sound card, and speakers. If you're using VoIP and a phone adaptor to make calls, your computer doesn't have to be turned on as long as your broadband Internet connection is working.

Who can I call using my VoIP phone service?

Calls to Any Phone - home, office, or mobile phone - and take advantage of our superb International calling rates and plans. Take advantage of our unlimited International calling plans. To make FREE unlimited calls to and receive calls from any user of the Asergis VoIP service in the world using your PC or VoIP phone, while surfing the web at the same time. Surf the web and click on any phone number you see and we connect the call. Set up all your friends' phone numbers in our Directory and click on the number to connect the call. Also use our dial pad to make your calls.